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| Ex-Irish PM Bertie Ahern assaulted by man with a crutch in Dublin pub | Ex-Irish PM Bertie Ahern assaulted by man with a crutch in Dublin pub |
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| Ireland's former prime minister Bertie Ahern was assaulted in a Dublin pub on Friday night. | Ireland's former prime minister Bertie Ahern was assaulted in a Dublin pub on Friday night. |
| Ahern was attacked with a crutch by a man in his forties inside the Sean O'Casey bar just off O'Connell Street, the Irish capital's main thoroughfare. | Ahern was attacked with a crutch by a man in his forties inside the Sean O'Casey bar just off O'Connell Street, the Irish capital's main thoroughfare. |
| His attacker, who was said to be extremely drunk, was later arrested by the Garda Síochána and detained overnight in a city centre police station. | His attacker, who was said to be extremely drunk, was later arrested by the Garda Síochána and detained overnight in a city centre police station. |
| The former taoiseach has declined to talk about the attack, which comes three years after he was verbally abused by a number of customers in another Dublin pub. | The former taoiseach has declined to talk about the attack, which comes three years after he was verbally abused by a number of customers in another Dublin pub. |
| Many who lost out when the Celtic Tiger economy crashed blamed Ahern and his Fianna Fáil party for fuelling a property boom based on credit. | Many who lost out when the Celtic Tiger economy crashed blamed Ahern and his Fianna Fáil party for fuelling a property boom based on credit. |
| However, Ahern from 1997 onwards was one of the country's most successful and at the time popular premiers, and went on to win three general elections in a row. | However, Ahern from 1997 onwards was one of the country's most successful and at the time popular premiers, and went on to win three general elections in a row. |
| While Ahern has faced the wrath of angry Irish citizens caught in debt and a negative equity crisis, the ex-prime minister received glowing praise from Alastair Campbell last week. Tony Blair's former spin doctor told a Dublin audience at his book launch in the city that without Ahern there would have been no peace process or power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland. | While Ahern has faced the wrath of angry Irish citizens caught in debt and a negative equity crisis, the ex-prime minister received glowing praise from Alastair Campbell last week. Tony Blair's former spin doctor told a Dublin audience at his book launch in the city that without Ahern there would have been no peace process or power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland. |
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